Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore
National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Indonesia, Island of Madura
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
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Interesting Facts
- Malayalam language has 54 literals. Same sounds have different versions to it.
- Malayalam script is reffered as "Rod Script" and it is derived from the Grantha script, which was developed from Indic script of Brahmi.
- There is unique pronunciation system in the Madurese language.
- Madurese was first written using Javanese Alphabets.
Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Malay and Javanese Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
Madurese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
matur nuwun
How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
piye kabare?
Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
wengi sing apik
Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
Sugeng sọnten
Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
Sugeng siang
Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
Sugeng énjing
Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
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Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
Nyuwun pangapunten
Bye
വിട (viṭa)
Not Available
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
Kula tresna panjengan
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
Nuwun séwu
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
Kangean
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
India
Indonesia
Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
Bangkalan
Where They Speak
France, kerala
Indonesia
Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
Madurese
Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
Basa Mathura, Madhura, Madura
French Name
malayalam
madourais
German Name
Malayalam
Maduresisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Malayali
Madurese
Origin
9th Century
Not Available
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Indonesian
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early form
No early forms
Standard Forms
Malayalam
Madurese
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ml
No data Available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
mala1464
madu1247
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
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Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
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All Malayalam and Madurese Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Malayalam and Madurese dialects. Various dialects of Malayalam and Madurese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Malayalam are spoken in different Malayalam Speaking Countries whereas Madurese Dialects are spoken in different Madurese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Malayalam vs Madurese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Malayalam dialects include: Judeo-Malayalam, Mappila. Madurese dialects include: Kangean , Bawean. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Malayalam and Madurese Speaking population
Malayalam and Madurese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malayalam and Madurese languages can be compared. The total count of Malayalam and Madurese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Madurese language is 0.23 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Malayalam and Madurese on Malayalam vs Madurese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Malayalam and Madurese Language Codes
Malayalam and Madurese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Malayalam and Madurese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.
